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--- Margaret Mead

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Uganda News
Food insecurity in Uganda

Typically, Uganda has two good rainy seasons and farmers can easily grow food.  In the past two years, this has changed.  People in some regions in Uganda are struggling right now with supplies of food and rising costs of crops such as maize and beans.  We are hearing of the troubles particularly from our schools in the northern half of

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Borehole Wells
New borehole at Rwantsinga High School

At the end of last year, a new borehole was drilled on the campus of Rwantsinga High School in the Mbarara district in southwestern Uganda. There are 658 students boarding at this school and studying at both O and A Levels. Unlike some schools, Rwantsinga High School owns the land for the campus buildings. Head Teacher Kaganda Francis directs a

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Borehole Wells
New borehole at PAG Secondary School

A new borehole was drilled in the Fall last year on the campus of PAG Secondary School in the Soroti District of central Uganda. The local community is semi-urban, although most of the parents sending their children to study are peasant farmers. Since the Head Teacher applied to us for a borehole, the enrollment has grown from 203 students to

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Borehole Wells
In-country Oversight

One of the most important tasks for our work in Uganda is to conduct in-country site-visits at our project schools that have received boreholes. These visits offer us the chance to see the borehole in place and to learn how the borehole has impacted the lives of the students and staff at the recipient school. The pictures we share with

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Borehole Wells
New Borehole at Busaana Secondary School

Busaana Secondary School is located in central Uganda in the Kayunga District.   The school is in a rural area 50 miles from Kampala, and serves families in clustered villages with very high illiteracy rates.  Nevertheless, this school has a goal to promote science learning.  The region has one of the highest rates of population growth, and enrollment at the high

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Borehole Wells
How is a borehole drilled at the schools?

Some of you may be curious about how we get a borehole drilled at schools in rural Uganda.  The work is done by our drilling company DRACO Ltd., which is located in the capitol city, Kampala.  Typically, 20 local Ugandan workers are employed for the drilling and borehole construction.  The company transports the drill rig to the site, which can